Gravitational wave astronomy

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121DO COSMIC STRINGS EXIST? Cosmic strings are objects that may have formed in the early Universe, but scientists are still searching for evidence that they exist. They were first introduced by theoretical physicist Tom W.

DO COSMIC STRINGS EXIST? Cosmic strings are objects that may have formed in the early Universe, but scientists are still searching for evidence that they exist. They were first introduced by theoretical physicist Tom W.

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-25 13:12:19
122NEW COSMIC MESSENGERS: FIRST JOINT SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS Many of the violent phenomena observed in our Universe are potential emitters of gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos.

NEW COSMIC MESSENGERS: FIRST JOINT SEARCH FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND HIGH ENERGY NEUTRINOS Many of the violent phenomena observed in our Universe are potential emitters of gravitational waves and high energy neutrinos.

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-06 17:45:55
123RINGING OF THE COSMIC BELLS: A SEARCH FOR BLACK HOLE VIBRATIONS THE SOUND OF A PERTURBED BLACK HOLE Every star in the universe vibrates or oscillates in some manner. Turbulence on the surface of the Sun causes well-known

RINGING OF THE COSMIC BELLS: A SEARCH FOR BLACK HOLE VIBRATIONS THE SOUND OF A PERTURBED BLACK HOLE Every star in the universe vibrates or oscillates in some manner. Turbulence on the surface of the Sun causes well-known

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Language: English - Date: 2014-03-31 13:14:18
124DANCE OF THE DEAD STARS: A SEARCH FOR MASSIVE BINARY BLACK HOLE COALESCENCES Many of the stars in the nearby universe are not too different from our Sun: relatively small and long-lived, shining for billions of years. Bu

DANCE OF THE DEAD STARS: A SEARCH FOR MASSIVE BINARY BLACK HOLE COALESCENCES Many of the stars in the nearby universe are not too different from our Sun: relatively small and long-lived, shining for billions of years. Bu

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-06 17:51:57
125A SEARCH FOR LONG-LIVED GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH LONG GAMMA-RAY BURSTS The LIGO and Virgo observatories seek to detect gravitational waves—minute ripples in the fabric of spacetime, which can be created by t

A SEARCH FOR LONG-LIVED GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH LONG GAMMA-RAY BURSTS The LIGO and Virgo observatories seek to detect gravitational waves—minute ripples in the fabric of spacetime, which can be created by t

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-08 12:33:07
126CAPTURING INVISIBLE COSMIC EXPLOSIONS SEARCHING FOR COMMON SOURCES OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS WITH LIGO, VIRGO AND ICECUBE Cosmic explosions are excellent natural laboratories with which to learn ab

CAPTURING INVISIBLE COSMIC EXPLOSIONS SEARCHING FOR COMMON SOURCES OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES AND HIGH-ENERGY NEUTRINOS WITH LIGO, VIRGO AND ICECUBE Cosmic explosions are excellent natural laboratories with which to learn ab

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Language: English - Date: 2014-07-08 14:20:29
127SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGEST NEUTRON STARS IN THE GALAXY Black holes may be getting all the press these days, but neutron stars are more complicated and involve more physics: These collapsed stars are almost as compact and

SEARCHING FOR THE YOUNGEST NEUTRON STARS IN THE GALAXY Black holes may be getting all the press these days, but neutron stars are more complicated and involve more physics: These collapsed stars are almost as compact and

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Language: English - Date: 2015-01-12 13:59:41
128SEARCHING FOR A BACKGROUND BUZZ OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES There has been a lot of chatter in the news about the exciting findings of the BICEP2 experiment. But what do they mean? If the results are confirmed, BICEP2 will ha

SEARCHING FOR A BACKGROUND BUZZ OF GRAVITATIONAL WAVES There has been a lot of chatter in the news about the exciting findings of the BICEP2 experiment. But what do they mean? If the results are confirmed, BICEP2 will ha

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Language: English - Date: 2014-06-30 14:05:18
129SEARCHING FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DETECTED BY THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK There are many instruments which can detect gamma-rays operating in space, and they sometimes observe bright flash

SEARCHING FOR GRAVITATIONAL WAVES ASSOCIATED WITH GAMMA-RAY BURSTS DETECTED BY THE INTERPLANETARY NETWORK There are many instruments which can detect gamma-rays operating in space, and they sometimes observe bright flash

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Language: English - Date: 2014-05-01 17:57:13
130SCANNING THE SKIES FOR COSMIC EXPLOSIONS: FIRST SEARCH FOR OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVES The joint observation of an astronomical event with both light and gravitational waves would certainly be one of the

SCANNING THE SKIES FOR COSMIC EXPLOSIONS: FIRST SEARCH FOR OPTICAL COUNTERPARTS TO GRAVITATIONAL WAVES The joint observation of an astronomical event with both light and gravitational waves would certainly be one of the

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Language: English - Date: 2013-11-08 12:33:51